The mysterious yellow rain in Nghe An

After the "strange" rain and cloudy yellow rain, many people in Do Luong district (Nghe An) rushed to clear the rainwater tank because of concern that water contained toxic substances harmful to health.

Two days after the "strange" rain, which had a lot of cloudy yellow scabs, gold deposits were worrying people, Mrs. Bui Thi Thu Hang - Station Head of Gas Station of Do Luong - said the above phenomenon was due to pollution of the atmosphere. In the air with dust and dust, the rain water is yellow and the residue is closed. According to Ms. Hang, this phenomenon does not affect human health and pets.

The powder clung to a household's yard after two days of "strange" rain.

However, due to unusual natural phenomena, people still bewildered and decided to remove all rainwater catchment tanks used for drinking water. Ms. Thai Thi Hoa - hamlet 7, Thinh Son commune, Do Luong district - said, this is the first time she saw such a strange rain, it is unclear what substance it is, affecting health or not, so she cleaned up the family's rainwater tank.

Rinse tank to catch rain, wait for another rain.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Tam's family in Quang Son commune also discharged the 3 m3 rainwater tank of the family after the polluted rain.'I do not know what kind of gold is there with rainwater, but I am afraid it will affect my family's health so I moved back to the water tank, waiting for another rain,' said Tam sorry.

In the afternoon of March 4, Mr. Nguyen Quang Minh - Expert of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Luong Luong District - said that after receiving reports from the localities in the district and the reflection of the people, the room sent people directly to inspect. the incident and found the residual powder in the puddles, the people's tanks. According to the initial judgment, this is a phenomenon of rain due to air pollution.

The layer of lemon yellow powder deposited in rainwater is caused by air pollution

According to Mr. Minh, this is a rare natural phenomenon in this locality for many years. In order to stabilize the situation and relieve the psychological panic for the people, Do Luong district will issue a warning notice to each commune.

'Households with tanks to catch rainwater to eat and drink, after this rain should remove water, prevent toxic substances in rainwater causing illness. People should not use the rain water in the first season because in the rain water contains many impurities, dust and dust due to air pollution but should only use rain water after a few showers on a large area and there are nets used to filter water rain before putting into the tank. If using well water wells need to be carefully shielded, avoid impurities and dirt from entering , 'Minh advised.